Dapper to be delayed 6 weeks...

[Simon Rönnqvist]

No I think the bugginess of Breezy (when released) was quite convincing. ;-)

  cheers, Simon


On Tuesday 14 March 2006 12:30, Oscar wrote:
> I think it's a good idea to delay and polish - esp. after yesterdays
> discoveries ( http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-262-1 ) in fresh memory.
>
> Not much of a debate, huh? :-)
>
> Oscar
>
> On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:18:39 +1100
>
> James Gray <james at grayonline.id.au> wrote:
> > From a ZDnet article:
> > http://tinyurl.com/m8v4n
> >
> > "New versions of Ubuntu Linux have been released at a steady six-month
> > cadence, but project founder Mark Shuttleworth is considering a six-week
> > delay to improve the reliability of an important new version.
> >
> > The next version, called Dapper Drake, is due in April. It's the first
> > version that will have longer-term support commitments -- three years for
> > the desktop computer version and five years for servers, compared to 18
> > months for the current 5.10 'Breezy Badger version.
> >
> > Getting those features right is important, Shuttleworth said in an e-mail
> > on Friday. 'We will live with Dapper for five years -- so let's give it a
> > few extra weeks now so that it can be a real asset to the Ubuntu project
> > for the full duration of its lifespan,' Shuttleworth said."
> >
> > Discuss at will, but don't shoot the messenger :P
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > James
> > --
> > Sorry.  Nice try.